Posts Tagged ‘2001’
Memorial II
The same midnight of Memorial, but already in my home in Valencia, I carried out this solo performance, which consisted of mentally reconstructing the space of that first action, empty at that moment of human beings, in solitude generating meaning. Memorial II (2001)
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A liturgical performance carried out at the so-called Piedra del Letrero, in the municipal area of Caudiel (Castellón), located on the ancient Roman (or pre-Roman) road that linked this village with Gaibiel. In complete nudity, with rhythms created by two stones and using as lyrics of the chant an Iberian text found in the Serreta…
Read MoreIn hoc signo vinces (estonian)
My book of aphorisms In hoc signo vinces was published in Estonian by the University of Tartu in translation by Jüri Talvet. I shared a volume with Harvey L. Hix, poet, critic, and professor at the University of Wyoming. The leading Estonian newspaper, Postimees, gave the book a glowing review. In hoc signo vinces, Tartu,…
Read MoreMúsica junto al río
In some of the poems of Música junto al río, I mix three languages: Spanish, Valencian, and the residual Castilian-Aragonese of my region, Alto Palancia. However, this is not the most outstanding characteristic of the book, but each of the three sections responds to different aesthetic assumptions. When I reread this volume, I had mixed…
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When we were about to start rehearsing Berlin with the actress Carmen Rodríguez, the director, Alberto Sala, suggested me to modify some fragments, lest… The piece is a monologue that puts on stage Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s wife, in her last hours in the bunker where she died (or committed suicide, or was assassinated…). The…
Read MoreEl mayor de los milagros
The play El mayor de los milagros by Antonio Tello de Meneses, a practically unknown author of the 18th century, had been unpublished since its composition. It was edited by José de Jaime Gómez, José María de Jaime Lorén, and myself, who was in charge of its literary study. It is not a piece of…
Read MoreAnxia
With Anxia, I obtained the highest of the prizes I have been awarded: the “Roís de Corella” of poetry in Valencian of the Literary Awards “Ciutat de València” in 2000. It was also published by Bromera, the publishing house par excellence as far as Valencian literature is concerned. There are two sections of the book…
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